Profile of Mark Papermaster

SVP & CTO, AMD

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Mark Papermaster is chief technology officer and senior vice president at AMD, responsible for corporate technical direction, and AMD's intellectual property and system-on-chip product research and development. His more than 30 years of engineering experience includes significant leadership roles managing the development of a wide range of products spanning mobile devices to high-performance servers.Before joining AMD in October 2011, Papermaster was the leader of Cisco's Silicon Engineering Group, the organization responsible for silicon strategy, architecture, and development for the company's switching and routing businesses.

In prior roles, Papermaster served as Apple senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, where he was responsible for the iPod products and iPhone hardware development. He also held a number of senior leadership positions at IBM, serving on the company's Technical Leadership Team and overseeing development of the company's key microprocessor and server technologies. Papermaster received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont. He is a member of the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board, Olin College Presidents Council, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

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